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A 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes the India-Burma border region. (Straits Times) A man from Bamboroo, Queensland becomes the first casualty of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi in Australia. (AAP via Brisbane Times) The death toll from the January 31–February 2, 2011 North American winter storm is at least a dozen. (AP via Los Angeles Times)
February 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the Armed Struggle [89] Earliest day on which Ash Wednesday can fall, while March 10 is the latest; celebrated on the first day of Lent (Western Christianity) Independence Day (Sri Lanka) [90] Rosa Parks Day (California and Missouri, United States) World Cancer Day; International Day of Human ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
It is now February 4 2011 Today's featured picture A late 1930s Federal Art Project poster advertising the bobsled track in Lake Placid, New York , United States, which had been used in the 1932 Winter Olympics .
On January 11, 2011, the Farm Bureau disclosed $8.5 million ($11.5 million in 2023 dollars [49]) in "domain sales income", making the acquisition of FB.com one of the ten highest domain sales in history. [89] In February 2011, Facebook announced plans to move its headquarters to the former Sun Microsystems campus in Menlo Park, California.
Around 60 countries gained independence from the United Kingdom throughout its history, the most in the world, followed by around 40 countries that gained independence from France throughout its history. [2] Over 50% of the world's borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [3] [4] [5]
While the "marriage" didn't last, it was biggest corporate merger in history at the time. 2006 : America Online drops its old name to officially become AOL and no longer charges for email services.
Disasters Cyclone Yasi The Australian state of Queensland evacuates off-shore islands and low-lying parts of North Queensland ahead of Cyclone Yasi which is expected to hit the state as a Category 4 tropical cyclone late on Wednesday or early Thursday. (Courier Mail) (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Cyclone Yasi is upgraded to Category 5 and is predicted to be the worst storm to hit Australia in ...